Delhi Hospitals designated for Vaccination drive

The Delhi Government has 75 hospitals designated for vaccination drive will start from January 16 onwards.38 private and 37 government hospitals have been finalised for inoculation. The 75 vaccination sites will have lowest number of centres in North East Delhi and East Delhi for inoculation in 11 centres.

Who will be at each Vaccination site ?

There will be 7-8 people at each vaccination site that includes Nurses, doctors,security and paramedical staff.

How many rooms will be at each site?

Three rooms will be at each site waiting room, inoculation room and observation room post vaccination.

How Co-WIN App will work?

The reception room will be there at the centre where all the details about the beneficiary will be updated in Co-WIN App.

List of PRIVAT HOSPITALS

Fortis Escorts Hospital

Primus Hospital

Sir Gangaram Hospital

BLK Hospital

Indian Spinal Injuries Centre

PSRI Hospital

Fortis Hospital

Jaipur Golden

Saroj Super Speciality Hospital

Sri Action Balaji Hospital

Max Hospital

Akash Hospital

Venkateshwar Hospital

Mata Chanan Devi HOSPITAL

Batra HospitalHospital

Indraprastha Hospital

Moolchand Hospital

HolyFamily

The National Board of Examinations (NBE) has released the date of NEET Exam.NBE has announced of NEET PG 2021 exam which is going to be held on 18th April 2021. Earlier National  Medical Commission also recommended that NEET should be conducted in the month of March or April 2021. Following directions from the Ministry as well as the NMC, the NBE has now announced the date of the exam. Those who are applying for the exams NBE can visit websites www.nedu.in and www.natboard.edu.in and can query on NBE at 011-45593000. The applicants can also contact the Communication web portal.

India to start real-time vaccination from January 16. In the first phase of vaccination, it is compulsory for the beneficiary to carry Aadhar card, Voter ID card, Pan card or passbook with their photo printed on it as an ID proof and registration on CoWIN app is also important said BMC Additional Commissioner, “During vaccination in 1st phase, the frontline workers must carry either Aadhar card, Voter ID card, Pan card or passbook with their photo printed on it as an identity proof. One must first get registered on CoWIN app and then carry these IDs.”

The central government has extended the admissions deadline for undergraduate medical and dental seats till January 15 to fill up all vacant seats across the country. The Dental Council of India (DCI) has also extended the admissions deadline for the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) course until January 31

According to the information shared by the state common entrance test(CET) cell, almost 35% of seats-852 seats out of 2,400 seats in private dental colleges in Maharashtra remain vacant as of January 8.

The country has almost total 313 dental institutes and Karnataka has 44 seats.In Karnataka also nearly 60% BDS seats are vacant.

The Drug Controller General of India(DCGI) has given Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to the Two vaccines on the basis of safety and immunogenicity, COVISHIELD from Serum Institute of India (SII) & COVAXIN of Bharat BioTech (BBIL). The Government of India has purchased 110 lakh vaccines from SII at the cost of Rs.200/dose(excluding taxes) and 55 lakh Vaccines of COVAXIN are being procured from BBIL. The cost of 38.5 lakh doses is Rs 296/dose (excluding taxes).

The other vaccines that are in the pipeline are Zydus Cadila that has completed Phase-2 clinical rials and will be starting Phase -3 trials, Sputnik V Phase-2 & 3 trials ongoing, Biological E Phase -1 trails ongoing and Gennova Phase -1 trials approved.

New Delhi-During the press briefing ahead before COVID-19 vaccination, Dr. VK Paul, Member(Health), Niti Aayog appreciated the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on accepting and supporting the two vaccines, he said, “The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has decided to accept & support the two indigenously developed vaccines (Covishield & Covaxin). I would like to thank them for this.”

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Monday requested its branches that 3.5 lakhs members in 1800 Local branches to voluntarily come out to
get vaccinated first to show to the world that these vaccines are safe and efficacious.
“IMA recognizes the great services of the healthcare team including nurses, para-medical personnel, ASHA, and Anganwadi workers, hospital support colleagues, ambulance team and all other healthcare workers who have
contributed in this Corona control program. It is the time to honor them with protective Covid vaccination,” the IMA said in a statement

India’s active cases are declining but still, the situation worrisome.The government of India will be starting vaccination from January 16 , the maximum preparations are on track. The Government of India will be procuring 110 lakh Covishield Vaccines and 55 lak of Covaxin vaccine from Bharat BioTech said Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan in a press briefing. “The Government of India agreed to procure 110 lakh Covishield vaccine doses from Serum Institute of India (SII) at Rs 200/dose. 55 lakh doses of Covaxin to be procured from Bharat Biotech(BBIL), of which 38.5 lakh doses priced at Rs 295/dose”.

Bharat BioTech will also provide 16.50 lakh doses free of cost to the Central govt as special gesture said Union Health secretary “BBIL will provide 16.50 lakh doses of Covaxin free of cost to the Central govt as a special gesture.”

The vaccines Covishield & Covaxin both are safe and has been tested by thousands of people said Dr VK Paul who is Member (Health), Niti Aayog.

“Both the vaccines (Covishield & Covaxin) have been authorized for emergency use & there should be no doubt about their safety. They have been tested on thousands of people & side-effects are negligible. There is no risk of any significance.”

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The COVID-19 Vaccine will be received by different States today, vaccine will be shipped to various locations .

“Today, Air India, SpiceJet, and IndiGo Airlines will operate 9 flights from Pune with 56.5 lakh doses to Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Shillong, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Bengaluru, Lucknow & Chandigarh.” says Union Civil Aviation Min Hardeep S Puri

Tamil Nadu will be receiving 5.56 lakh vaccine doses today, but dispatch details of COVAXIN is still awaited expected to receive soon.

“5.56 lakh vaccine doses have been dispatched from Pune. We’ll be receiving the vaccines at around 10.30 today. The dispatch details of remaining 20,000 doses of COVAXIN are yet to be received,” said Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan

Gujarat will also receive vaccine doses today,”The first consignment of COVID19 vaccine to arrive in Ahmedabad today. 2.76 lakh doses arriving here today will be given to Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar & Bhavnagar zones. Vaccination will begin at 287 session sites from Jan 16,” Dr. Patel, Additional Director, Family Welfare, Gujarat Govt

New Delhi- Ahead of real-time vaccination Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high level meeting with Chief Ministers and Administrators of all States and Union Territories to review the preparedness in States and UT’s.

India will be doing world’s biggest vaccination drive and for Healthcare workers and Frontline workers this will be free of cost which going to be paid by Central government of India.

Prime Minister in meeting expressed happiness about the made in India vaccines today he said, “The country is in a decisive phase of this fight , with the start of the world’s biggest vaccination campaign from 16^th January. He underlined that it’s a matter of pride that both the vaccines for which Emergency Use Authorization has been given are made in India. He highlighted that both the approved vaccines are highly cost effective in comparison to the other vaccines from across the world.”

 He also said that India would have faced great difficulty if it would have had to depend on foreign vaccines.

During the meeting with Chief Minister’s PM Modi said about about the priority vaccination decision taken as per advice of the experts and scientific community after consultations with the states. “In first phase Health workers, from both the government and private sector, will be the first ones to receive the vaccine., that includes Safai Karmacharis, other Front-Line Workers, police and paramilitary, Home guards, Disaster Management Volunteers and other jawans in Civil Defence, and Revenue officials associated with containment and surveillance, will also receive the vaccine.”

The second stage, those who comes above 50 years of age, and those below 50 years of age with comorbidities or with high risk of infection, will be vaccinated. Preparation for infrastructure and logistics has been done with all States and UT’s.

 “Dry runs for vaccination has also been done across the country. Our new preparations and SOPs for COVID have to be linked up with our old experiences of running universal immunization programmes and conducting election throughout country.” PM Modi said in his address

Prime Minister Modi also informed about the Co-Win digital platform that has been created by the government of India. The most important factor in this vaccination drive is the identification and monitoring of those who need to be vaccinated. For this Co-Win digital platform has been created. With the help of Aadhaar, beneficiaries will be identified as well as timely second dosage will ensure.